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Israel In Prophecy |
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Reference | Relevant Comments |
Gen 3:15 | the earliest hint: the Messiah will be human, descendant of a woman |
Gen 9:27 | the Messiah will be divine, God dwelling among man (Shem- or semites) |
Gen 12:1-3,7 | God's call and eight promises to Abraham (see IV Abrahamic covenant) |
Gen 22:2,16 | Isaac as typological prefiguration of Messiah's substitutionary death; compare with John 3:16; Heb 6:13-14(1) |
Gen 22:18 | (see Gal 3:16 He is the "seed" of Abraham) |
Gen 49:8-12 | [cf. Eze 21:27] Judah will reign until the Messiah, the 'seed of Judah' comes (no NT quote); King David's allusion in 1Chron 28:4 |
Exo 12:2-4,11 | typological prefiguration of the 'Lamb of God,' the Passover sacrifice |
Num 24:15-19 | Balaam's prophecy of the star coming out of Jacob |
Deut 18:15,18 | 'a prophet like me' (identified as the Messiah, Acts 3:22; 7:37) |
(1) "'The Christian Gospel' is Jewish! The death of the righteous - the truly righteous, the Messiah, the High Priest of Israel and the nations, the Redeemer who pays for our sins - atones." Brown, Michael. 2000, p. 166 (see VIII.A.1.d.)